Alternatives to Geenes

A browser tool for building color scales and exporting them to Sketch or code. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

The original

  • Geenes

    A browser tool for building color scales and exporting them to Sketch or code.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Geenes.

  • ColorBox

    A web tool for building accessible color scales from adjustable hue, saturation and brightness curves.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    ColorBox builds scales from hue, saturation and brightness easing curves, shows contrast ratios per step and exports to Tailwind CSS, OKLCH and Swift.

  • Scale

    A web tool that generates a smooth color scale from a single base color.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Scale builds a tint and shade scale from one base color with adjustable hue and saturation curves, without Sketch export.

  • Leonardo

    Adobe's web tool for generating accessible color themes and scales from target contrast ratios.

    Leonardo is open source and generates scales from target contrast ratios, with adaptive dark themes and Design Tokens, CSS and SVG export.

  • Huetone

    An open-source web tool for building predictable, accessible color palettes in the LCH color space.

    Huetone is open source and builds accessible palettes in the LCH color space, keeping contrast predictable across hues.

  • Accessible Palette

    A web tool for building color systems with consistent lightness and WCAG contrast across hues.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Accessible Palette builds multi-hue systems with consistent perceived lightness and shows WCAG 2 and WCAG 3 contrast, with export options not described.

  • tints.dev

    A web palette generator and API that builds 11-shade Tailwind CSS color scales from one base color.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    tints.dev generates 11-shade Tailwind CSS scales with an API and shareable URLs, built around Tailwind conventions instead of Sketch.

  • UI Colors

    A web tool that generates Tailwind CSS color shade scales from a base color and previews them.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    UI Colors generates Tailwind shade scales with UI previews and neutral and status scales, with some features requiring a Pro subscription.

  • Atmos

    A web-based color palette generator for UI designers, with shade scales and accessibility checks.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Atmos is a freemium palette generator with uniform shade scales, semantic status colors and accessibility checks, where some features may need an account.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Material Theme Builder

    Google's web tool for generating Material Design 3 color schemes from a source color.

    FreeProprietaryWeb
  • Realtime Colors

    A web tool that previews a color palette and font pairing on a realistic page layout as you edit it.

    FreeProprietaryWeb
  • Palettte App

    A web app for creating, editing and remapping color palettes with hue, saturation and value controls.

    FreeProprietaryWeb
  • Material Palette

    A web generator that builds downloadable Material Design color palettes from two colors you choose.

    FreeProprietaryWeb